I voted! Hopefully you did too.

How did I vote? Over a longish period of time while sitting outside Coffee Bean (it was a long mail-in ballot that I carried in in person because I wanted to watch it go into the machine).

Among other things,I voted for Obama (I voted for him in the primary too).  I wish I could find the words to express the emotions that washed over me as I marked my ballot. Maybe later I'll be able to express it.

Finally, but not in passing, I voted NO on Prop. 4  and No on Prop. 8.  I generally vote "no" on propositions on principle, but I feel very very strongly about the NO vote I cast on Prop. 8.  So much so, I don't think I could even have a civil conversation with someone who voted "yes."   The idea of people voting to take civil rights away from other people is obscene and shouldn't even be legal.  If Obama wins tonight but Prop. 8 passes, I'm afraid my celebration will be bittersweet. 

Anyway, hope you got your sticker!

Comments

[Deluzy]

Well, ditto on Obama, mail-in, and Props. 4 and 8 as well as the affect you mention. Fingers crossed HARD on all fronts.

I've abandoned all pretense of working at at home now (I did okay til 3 p.m.) and am officially obsessing on election coverage -- national and state -- until I drop tonight.

So cool to see you online again! xoxo

[Ezpy]

I'm glad to be back! :) I have a new Macbook (o so cool) as of last week which makes being online convenient again.

I plan to spend time in front of the TV, computer on my lap until sleep takes me. The sun may be up first. My only real question is whether or not I should break out the scotch. The really really good scotch.

I suspect the answer to that question is YES.

[Melody]

I'm in NE & I'm still crushed about prop 8.

My 17 yr-old son is gay & CA, CT, & MA legalizing gay marriage was a very hopeful sign for him. As you may know, NE is crimson-red, politically, (maybe 'blood-red' would be more apt), so when my boy finishes college he will have to leave here so that he may live an open and honest life. He is an incredible person & the thought that people who don't know him, or probably any other gay person, have the power to make his life more difficult than it already is is unreal.

The most vile thing about prop 8 is that it takes away existing human rights! I hope this is impetus enough to get a writ to the US Supreme Court.